368 BENTHAM ON MIMOSE^. 



culis seluloso-ciliatis subtus adpresse pilosis glabrisve, pedun- 

 ciilis petiolo brevioiihus, capitulis ellipticis, bracteolis corol- 

 la brevioribus, calycibus minimis obsoletisve, leguminis val- 

 vulis ghibris laevibus, margine aculeato-setoso. — A large and 

 more robust plant than M. pudica, to which it is nearly al- 

 lied. — Demerara, Parker; French Gmana.^ Lepineur ; Bahia, 

 Salzmann; Pernambuco, Gardner, n. 980, (with fewer 

 leaflets.) 



o3. M. dhj'data (sp, n.), sufFruticosa? decumbens, aculeis 

 infrastipularibus parvis v. nullis, caule scabro-pubescente v. 

 nullo, piiinis subdigitato-.3 — 4-jugis petiolo duplo longioribus, 

 foliolis 15 — 20-jugis oblique liuearibus acutiusculis supra 

 glabris cilioHats subtus adpresse pilosis, peduncuiis petio- 

 lo 2 — 3-p!o longioribus, calycibus longe ciliatis pappi- 

 formibus, legumine nudo glabro v. adpresse piloso. — Tubes 

 ramorum brevis densa. Stipulae subulatJB. Petiohis commu- 

 nis 3 — i-rarius 6, lin. longus. Foliola I — H-lin. longa densa. 

 Legumen fere ^\. pudicec, sed setis orbatum Brazil, Fold. 



31'. AI. verecunda (sp. n.), suftVuticosa? aculeis infrastipu- 

 laribus sparsisque raris, caule petiolisque pubentibus et pilis 

 reflexo-patentibusliispidis, pinnis 2 — 3-jugisad apicem petioli 

 npproximatis v. parum distantibus et eo 2 — 3-plo longiori- 

 bus, foliolis 30— 60-jugis oblique linearibus acutiusculis utrin- 

 que adpresse pilosulis ciliatis, peduncuiis petiolo subfcquilon- 

 gis, capitulis snbglobosis, bracteolis corolla brevioribus, calyce 

 longe ciliato pappiformi, leguminis puberuli valvulis brevi- 

 ter, margins longe, setosis. — Habitu et legumine IM. pndicce 

 et M. pohjdactyhx afBnis. Pinna; minus approximatae. 

 Stipulae subulatee hirsutissimas. Foliola parva. Setoe legu- 

 minis flavicantes, marginales usque ad 2 lin. longee, valvulares 

 breves saepius appressae — Brazil, Fold. 



35. M. rvfipila (sp. n.), suffruticosa? aculeis infrastipu- 

 laribus sparsisve raris v. nullis, caule petiolis pedunculisque 

 patentim hirsutissiniis, pinnis 4 — 5-jugis subdigitatis petiolo 

 mulio longioribus, foliolis 20 — 30 oblique linearibus ciliatis 

 supra glabris subtus adpresse pilosis, peduncuiis petiolo 

 multo longioribus, capitulis ellipticis, bracteolis coroUam 



